Park High School art teacher David Frigaard dies in shooting

The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting with help from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office. Police have identified the victim of an early morning shooting in Mahtomedi as David Robert Frigaard, 46 (pictured above, center), who was an art teacher at in Cottage Grove. The Star Tribune reports that Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of shots fired at 3.17 a.m. near Highway 244 and North 75th Street.

A statement on the bar’s Facebook page Saturday read: “The terrible events that transpired last night and took Dave from us will impact our small town forever. Dave Frigaard will be remembered for the great friend, father, husband, business owner, school teacher, Gopher football fan he was!” “This is so incredibly sad. Praying for his family with their tragic loss of such a wonderful guy!” “Words cannot express the sadness I feel for Dave’s family at this time.